A sweeping wave of regulatory, judicial, and border enforcement developments marked the hour, led by Meta’s landmark agreement to pay nearly $17 billion to settle a federal child-safety trial brought by 29 state attorneys general over platform addiction. The proposed consent decree mandates daily usage limits, midnight-to-6 a.m. nighttime blocks, enhanced age verification, and expanded parental tools across Facebook and Instagram, even as France’s Constitutional Council concurrently struck down a blanket ban on social media for minors under 15 on free expression and privacy grounds. In Washington, the Trump administration escalated immigration restrictions by abruptly pausing immigrant visa interviews worldwide across all U.S. embassies and consulates to conduct staff training on stricter public-charge screening rules, following recent court rulings that struck down prior categorical visa suspensions. Diplomatic and security maneuvers also unfolded globally: the Kremlin disclosed an unannounced Moscow visit by CIA Director John Ratcliffe for intelligence discussions, while energy markets eased as Oman and Iran advanced negotiations toward a temporary corridor in the Strait of Hormuz, softening crude prices despite the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve draining another 3.6 million barrels to 289.7 million barrels near operational bottoms. In the Himalayas, severe humanitarian fallout occurred after an earthquake and ice avalanche triggered catastrophic flash flooding across the Nepal-Tibet border, obliterating infrastructure at China's Gyirong Port checkpoint and sweeping through Nepal’s Rasuwa district, leaving dozens dead and hundreds of international travelers missing. Domestically, the Supreme Court curbed prisoner litigation remedies in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections by ruling that personal money damages are unavailable under Congress's spending-power-based RLUIPA statute, while the FDA cleared two major treatments, approving Rasonque (daraxonrasib) for metastatic pancreatic cancer ahead of schedule alongside Tivicay PD for infant HIV care.